Watch the First Episode of Ryan Mauskopf’s ‘Sloof’s Supershop’
2D-animated web series premiered at Animation Block Party 2017, currently underway in Brooklyn, New York.
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Rok Predin’s ‘Pok’ Evokes Sunday Morning Cartoons
The Trunk director’s beautifully graded short has the look of a well-watched VHS tape, which, along with Barnaby Templer’s (Fonic) sound design and Sebastian Duh’s score further ground the audience in the 1980s.
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‘BabyRiki’ Crosses 25 Million Views in China
CG/live-action hybrid preschool series from FUN Union a massive success in just one week.
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Genius Brands Promotes Two Executives
Deb Pierson, credited with the rapid growth of the video-on-demand Kid Genius Cartoon Channel into nearly 50 million U.S. households, has been upped to SVP, global content distribution and marketing & president of Kid Genius Cartoon Channel, while 25-year licensing, merchandising and business development veteran Lloyd Mintz was promoted to SVP, head of worldwide consumer products.
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Nelvana Launches ‘Mysticons’ Digital Media
Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana has rolled out digital media for the fun new world of animated action series Mysticons, including the launch of a YouTube channel and social media pages.
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Psyop Expands ‘Kismet’ to New Platforms
The popular VR fortune teller now combines tarot reading, astrological reading and the ancient Babylonian game of Ur on Google Daydream and Samsung Gear VR devices.
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‘Miraculous Ladybug’ Hops onto Newly-Launched KidsClick
ZAG’s show, ‘Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir’ now reaches 75 million homes in the U.S. through the daily block for young viewers that launched on July 1.
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Hulu Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal with Fox TV
Streaming service expands offering of hit animated series in new deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution for complete libraries of ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘American Dad!,’ ‘Futurama’ and more.
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Amazon Original Kids Series ‘Lost in Oz’ to Debut on Prime Video
The brand-new series expands on the Emmy-Award winning special, stars voice talents Ashley Boettcher, Gina Gershon, Allison Mack, Jorge Diaz and Nika Futterman, and debuts on August 4th.
Herotainment and Toonz Launch ‘Smighties’
The brand new animated series and comedy adventure about the small and mighty heroes from a magical land premieres on YouTube and YouTube Kids.
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Warhammer Fans at Axis Animation Bring 'Motion Paintings' to 'Dawn of War III'
Previous 'Dawn of War' trailer creator Axis Animation and director Abed Abonamous return to the franchise to create beautiful in-game cinematics for Relic Entertainment, depicting the conflict among Space Marines, Eldar and Orks on the lost planet of Acheron.
MONDO to Premiere New Animated Series ‘Lastman’ at Rooster Teeth Animation Festival
Adult Swim’s new ‘Apollo Gauntlet,’ from Six Point Harness, also to Screen at RTX Austin 2017.
Reap the Rewards with Free VR Experience
The makers of the Limitless VR Creative Environment have released the interactive, animated VR experience, ‘Reaping Rewards,’ available for free on Steam and coming soon to the Oculus store.
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'SpacePOP' to Rock the Big Screen for Exclusive One-Day Event
The wildly popular YouTube kids' series makes its U.S. theatrical debut with a feature-length compilation of the first season, 'SpacePOP: Not Your Average Princesses,' on September 16th.
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Sony Pictures VR Launches 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Experience
The multi-platform VR experience is based on Columbia Pictures’ 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' in theaters July 7, and will be free across major VR platforms PlayStationVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift June 30.
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Foam Studio Explores Automation in New Video
Fictional personality Autonomous Rolf borrows vocal synthesizer Hatsune Miku’s voice to sing ‘It’s Not Unusual,’ in ‘Auto Nom,’ one part of a series of animations based on Rolf.
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Animators Unearthed - Pierre Hébert
Every Monday, Chris Robinson serves up Animators Unearthed, a brief introduction to prominent and not-so-prominent indie animators. Today's guest is Canadian experimental animator Pierre Hébert
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‘Meet MAT’ Contest Yields Unprecedented Response
3D software company Allegorithmic says the digital painting contest received over 1,200 entries, prompting a rules adjustment to allow more winners.
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Alma Mater Welcomes Ben Apley and Ronnie Koff
Former Imaginary Forces A-team reunites with Alma Mater co-founders Brian Mah and James Anderson.
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Drive Studios Enhances Render Pipeline with Deadline
Boutique VFX house Drive Studios turns to Thinkbox Software’s Deadline to manage their render farm and workstations.
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Xilam Appoints Nicolas Halftermeyer SVP of Marketing and Digital
The award-winning French animation company will rely on Halftermeyer’s marketing and digital expertise to increase brand recognition of Xilam properties and increase online revenue.
the STUDIO Designs and Animates Bold New AICP Logo
AICP joined with the STUDIO for animation to usher in rebrand at AICP Week.
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iPi Soft Announces iPi Motion Capture 3.5
Version 3.5 of the markerless mocap solution doubles tracking speed, increases calibration speed and accuracy and provides enhanced animation export functionality.
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TeamTO Sells ‘Take it Easy Mike’ to France Télévisions and SUPER RTL
The ambitious new, hyperrealistic CGI comedy series is in pre-production for a planned 2019 broadcast.
Trollbäck+Company Creates Minimalist Animation to Unveil AICP Logo
Trollbäck+Company‘s striking show-opening animation revealed the first new AICP logo in 45 years at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
